Suzette L. Speight
Ph.D. Ohio State University
Assistant Professor
Contact Information
Office: Arts and Science Building, room 360
Phone: (330) 972-7956
Email: slspeig@uakron.edu
Suzette L. Speight, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor who joined the Psychology Department at University of Akron in 2008. Previously Dr. Speight was an Associate Professor of Counseling Psychology and the Program Director for the graduate programs in Counseling Psychology, School, and Community Counseling Loyola University Chicago. She received her Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology from The Ohio State University in 1990. Dr. Speight teaches courses such as, Ethical, Professional, and Legal Issues in Counseling Psychology and Cross-cultural Psychology. Her scholarly interests include: multicultural training & multicultural competence, African American women and mental health, the psychological impact of oppression, African centered psychology, social justice and psychology, suicide in the African American community, and identity development issues. She is active in the Association of Black Psychologists, including holding offices in the Chicago chapter of ABPsi from 1993-2006, and in Divisions 17 and 45 of the American Psychological Association.
Research Interests
African centered psychology
Black women and mental heath
Identity development
Internalized oppression and development of critical consciousness
Multicultural education and training
Process and outcome issues in multicultural counseling
Suicide and African Americans
Culturally specific treatment approaches
Recent Publications
Speight, S. L., Blackmon, S. M. Odugu, D., & Steele, J. C. (In press). Conceptualizing mental health for African Americans. In H. Neville, B. M. Tynes, & S. Utsey (Eds.). The Handbook of African American Psychology.
Sammons, C. C., & Speight, S. L. (2008). A qualitative investigation of changes in graduate students associated with multicultural counseling classes. The Counseling Psychologist, 36(6), 814-838.
Speight, S. L., & Vera, E. M. (2008). Social Justice and counseling psychology: A challenge to the specialty (pg.54-67). In S. D. Brown & R. Lent (Ed.). The Handbook of Counseling Psychology (4th Edition). Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley..
Thomas, A. J., Speight, S. L, & Witherspoon, K. M. (2008) Gendered racism, psychological symptoms, and coping styles of African American women. Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology, 14(4),307- 314.
Vera, E. M. , & Speight, S. L. (2007). Advocacy, outreach, and prevention: Integrating social action roles into professional training. In E. Aldarondo (Ed.) Advancing social justice through clinical practice. (pp. 373-389). Mahwah, NJ, US: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates Publishers.
Speight, S. L. (2007). Internalized racism: One more piece of the puzzle. [An invited commentary.] The Counseling Psychologist, 35(1), 126-134.
Speight, S. L., & Vera, E. M. (2005). A four year analysis of counseling center clients' expressed preferences for counselor characteristics. Journal of College Student Psychotherapy, 19(3), 55-68.
Dr. Speight's Vita
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